English Vacation Exodus Strains Rail and Sea Travel
London dispatch reports unprecedented movement from English cities to seaside resorts during August. Rail fares rose 75 percent postwar, triggering arrival congestion as thousands sought early trips. Long queues formed at stations, boats to the Isle of Man filled, and many shelters sold out or unaffordable. Motor charabancs grow in popularity as trains crowd. Bank holiday marriages surge as couples honeymoon during the August break.
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Associated Presse
London
England
Brighton
Liverpool
Isle of Man
Pew
From Here and There Oddities and Notable Facts
A miscellaneous collection notes Panama natives speak Spanish well and 14,000,000 families own homes in the U S Some Latin curios include Spain’s beggars numbers and a food tax on the Isle of May Translation timelines and airings in Berlin parks amid thunder The Atlantic Ocean spans 20 million square miles Buenos Aires endures snow disruptions Paris tips yield high daily sums A court martial sentences a racehorse tied to a political tip The Archbishop of Canterbury holds rare powers to grant degrees of medicine law music and art A Paris curio dealer sells a set of dice cut from a gambler’s molar and a shin bone Topical notes on cardinal hats and elevation to the Sacred College.
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Berlin
London
Atlantic
Great Oceans
Buenos Aires
Paris
Nelsheviks
Ogar
Daily air breathed by a human equals six times intake
A scientist notes that the air a person breathes daily weighs about six times the weight of the food and drink they consume in the same period, illustrating the body's ongoing exchange with its environment.
Social Calendar Notes From Laredo Society Page
Mrs Violet 8 reports on dances and social visits in Laredo Texas. The column lists parties at the Service Club and Latin American Club with Miss Pecil Nethery and Miss Antoinette Ligarde, plus bridge at Miss Lucille Murphy's home. It notes moves and visits by various locals to Corpus Christi San Antonio and Columbus Missouri.
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J. W. Ward
Martha Terry
Thorndale
Texas
Mr. Terry
Lucille Murphy
Bridge
Houston Street
Mabel Corley Barlow
Moore
Josephine Sauvignet
Courtney Slaughter
Maria Mowry
Helen MacGeager
Grece Hamilian
Mesdames
Mabel Coplay Barlow
James A. Wilson
Abe
Derby
Messrs. Moore
Prinz 3Uttven
Lieut. Glazecock
Dr. Kiess
Rob. Love
Newlyweds from Fort McIntosh Station to Arcadia Florida
A retiring infantryman and his spouse plan to reside in Arcadia Florida after last year’s January discharge. Local residents and soldiers enjoyed a large Community Dance on the Soldiers Club Roof Garden in Laredo with ample entertainment and top music by the 37th Inf Jazz Orchestra, noted as the season’s liveliest.
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Fantry
Arcadia
Florida
Cal
Ferguson
Soldiers Club
Laredo E
Laredo
Mackay
Fort McIntosh
Inf
La Follette Jr Attends 48ers Convention in Chicago
Robert M. La Follette Jr. observed his father at the convention of the 48ers in Chicago, reflecting on political lineage and party activities.
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R. M. LA Follette, JR
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Cilcaga
Chinese Aviators Aims for National Aeronautical Development
Chinese government plans to train its own aviators for future aviation development. Young cadets from Nan Yilun Aviation School were sent to Manila for graduate flying training this summer at a Manila aviation school.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Aug
Lune
Nan Yilun Aviation School
Manila
Grain in Armenia Secures Eight Months of Supplies
A telegram from Colonel William N. Haskell, Allied High Commissioner to Armenia, to U S Grain Corporation leaders in Paris says Armenia now has grain supplies for eight months. Much will come with the harvest while 49 000 tons of flour remain from America.
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Sy Associated Press
Paris
Armenian Republic
United States Grain Corporation
William N. Haskell
Armenia
Crain
America
Odd and Interesting Old Time Facts
A collection of curious notes on ancient behavior science and strange trivia. Topics include night birds’ eye size, the Hindu term for friend, grape versus rice wine histories, Bank of England note thickness, early brain growth, Syrian balm shrub yields, and a hypothetical petition by a British peer for a silk cord in capital punishment.
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Oman
Japan
Bank of England
Gilead
Syria
Notice of Hearing to Appropriate Public Waters in Texas
Notice declares George W. Derby of Laredo filed August 24 1920 with the Board of Water Engineers for a permit to appropriate Rio Grande waters in Webb County for irrigation on 118.8 acres from Block 725. A hearing is set at the Board’s Austin office on October 4 1920 at 10 a.m. with proceedings continuing as needed.
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George W. Derby
Laredo
Texas
Board of Water Engineers
N. W
Rio Grande
Webb County
State of
Austin
Iran
W & Potter
Birthday highlights for notable figures
August 9 marks birthdays for University of Michigan president Marion LeRoy Burtod born Brooklyn Iowa 46 years ago today. Fritzi Schitt Viennese actress and vocalist is 40 today born in Vienna Austria. Sir Menest Rutherford famed physicist born New Zealand is 49 today. Hollis former New Hampshire senator born Concord New Hampshire is 51 today.
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Aggust
Marion LeRoy Burtod
University of Michigan
Brooklyn
Iowa
Fritzi Schitt
Popu
Vienna
Austria
Sir Menest Rutherford
New Zealand
iHenry
Hollis
United States
New Hampshire
Concord N. Hi
Missionaries Aid Chengtu In Fight Against Cholera
American Baptist medical missionaries and Union University students aid Chinese authorities in Chengtu Sichuan West China to combat a severe cholera epidemic. Dr Morse notes limited resources but strong resolve. goal to expand Chengtyu medical school and hospital and send more missionaries across China.
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Associated Press
New York
Union University Missionary Medical School
Chengtu
Sichuang
West China
W. P. Lipphard
American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
W. R.R. Morse
Chengti
Pasteur Institute
de. Morse
Allan
China
Lipphard
Chengtyu
Anthracite Miners Awarded Higher Pay
President Wilson approved the majority report of the anthracite coal commission raising contract miners wages by 20 percent. The joint wage scale board to meet to apply the award. The minimum rate is 62.4 cents an hour for lower paid men, retroactive to April 1, 1920, with about 18 million dollars back pay and total annual increases averaging at least 85 million dollars for 175,000 miners.
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Associated Press
Washington
Aus
Wilson
Anthracite Commission
Wilkes-Barre
Worst rioting in Belfast with five dead report
Belfast on August 30 logged its worst rioting to date as police confirmed five deaths by 2 PM including a woman and a small boy. Troops fired to clear the Unionist quarter street as disorders continued.
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Associated Press
Belfast
Uniontat
Ancient tombs found near Heerlen in Dutch Limburg
Four Itonian tombs from the third century have been unearthed in a gravel pit near Heerlen in Dutch Limburg. The graves contain golden objects urna glass work pottery and bones. Scientists say the find is of great value and further excavations are underway.
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Associated Press
Rotterdam
Heerlen
Dutch Limburg
Automatic time recorder tested in Paris pay stations
An automatic time recorder for pay station telephone calls has been installed in a Paris exchange. It is part of a government test of modern devices to upgrade the French telephone system as copper wires are restringed and facilities expanded across France with new switchboards planned.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Senate probes campaign funds as Cox charges big GOP haul
The Senate committee opened hearings on Republican and Democratic campaign expenditures in Chicago. It subpoenas leaders Will Hays George White and treasurers Upham and Marsh to probe Coxs charges of a 15 million dollar fund. Governor Cox may be summoned if needed while he sends supporting information. A letter from New Jersey liquor dealers association seeks Volstead Act amendments to permit sale of light wines and beers calling Cox a pronounced wot.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Senate Committee
Will Hays
Republican National Committee
George White
Democratic Committee
Fred Upham
Wilbur Marsh
Democrats
Cox
Hays
George Carroll
New Jersey Liquor Dealers Association
Cox Heads West Tour After Pennsylvania Stop
Governor Cox moves toward homeward route from Miltshburgh Pennsylvania as he plans a swing around the circle in the West next month. The itinerary signals a campaign push with stops and engagements to mobilize support across key states.
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Miltshburgh
Cox
Harding Planning Speaking Trip Nearing Completion
Marion Ohio Aug 30 plans for Senator Harding speaking trips near completion. Announcement soon of three or four distant locations outside Ohio with New York and Chicago viewed as nearly certain. Several Middle West and Western cities under serious consideration.
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Associated Press
Marion
Ohio
Harding
New York
Chicago
Middle West
West
Search For Captives Amid Zamora Kidnapping Crisis
Associated Press reports Mexico City August 30 that the Mexican war department has ordered a search for American citizens and British subjects kidnapped by bandit Pedro Zamora on August 20. The bandits are described as demoratizat and inflizit.
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Associated Preas
Mexico City
Pedro Zamora
Mexican War Department
Socialist Party Opens National Convention in Chicago
One year ago today on August 30 the Socialist Party opened its national convention in Chicago while Irish delegates testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, denouncing the Peace Treaty.
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Socialist Party
Chicago
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Snake Dance Observed by Hopi Indians in Arizona
Indians of the Hopi reservation near Flagstaff prepare for their annual snake dance and keep the date secret until moon position confirms. Elders say the moon will be right tonight for the ceremony at Hotegilla village, with around a thousand tourists expected and a tribal representative issuing permits.
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Associated Press
Flagstaff
Ariz
Hopi Reservation
United States
Hotegilla
Here
Indian Agency
Immigrant family plans farming in Minnesota
New York on August 30 reports Carl Paulson and his wife arrive from Copenhagen with 15 children to run a Minnesota farm. He says if local labor is short he will call in reserves including two married daughters, three married sons, and nine grandchildren to help.
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Associated Press
New York
Carl Paulson
Copenhagen
Minnesota
Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Praised by Hotel Man
A Dupuyer Montana hotel man F H Dear recalls using Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy four years ago with wonderful results and says he has recommended it to his friends since.
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Chamberlain
F. H. Dear
Dupuyer, Mont
Poison traceable in frogs from cobra venom dilutions
Researchers show cobra poison injected into a frog remains detectable even when diluted to one in ten million. The finding demonstrates the remarkable sensitivity of the frog’s biochemical response and could impact toxin tracing techniques.
President Pessoa urges housing loans for Rio district
President Pessoa tells Congress the Federal District housing crisis requires action. He rejects direct government housing builds and backs indirect aid through low interest loans to private builders and individuals.
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Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Congress
Pessoa
Federal District
Queen Candy Company opens in Laredo in Walls building
The Queen Candy Company, a new concern in Laredo, opened Saturday in the Walls building next door to Potica del Pueblo. They offer a full line of homemade candies, high grade chocolates, fancy boxes, sodas, ice cream and sherbets under manager James Mataragas.
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Queen Candy Company
Laredo
Walls
Potica del Pueblo
James Mataragas
Italy in Accord With United States on Russia and Poland
Washington reports that Italy has informed the United States that the two governments are practically in accord with the sentiment in the recent American note on Russia and Poland. The note was conveyed through the embassy counsellor in a formal audience at the state department. A reply will follow when the Italian premier returns from Lucerne.
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Associated Press
Washington
Italy
United States
Russia
Poland
Colby
Lucerne
Peace talks set in Riga as venue agreed
Warsaw reports that Riga has been agreed upon by the Polish and Russian Soviet governments as the site for future peace negotiations, but no word has been received from the Lettuvian government on permission to hold the conference there.
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Warsaw
Riga
Lettvian
Matron of Honor Named for Confederate Veterans Reunion
The appointment of Mrs. Roy W. McKingey of Paducah Kentucky as matron of honor for the United Confederate Veterans annual reunion in Houston October 6 8 was announced today by Commander in Chief Van Zandt Mort Worth Texas.
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Associated Press
Mort Worth
Tex
Roy W. McKingey
Paducah
Kentucky
United Confederate Veterans
Houston
van Zandt
Watermelons Given to Hogs Hit York Market Glut
Farmers around York are giving away watermelons and feeding them to hogs as the market swamps. Three weeks ago watermelons sold for 50 cents to 1.26 dollars each, but now prices and demand have collapsed due to bumper crops.
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Associated Press
York
Change Street Names in Dublin Proposal
Dublin August 30 the corporation will consider abolishing street names of English origin including Queen's square Townsend street and Brundwieck Street in favor of naming streets after leading Sinn Féiners.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Queen's Square
Townsend Street
Women in Parliament bill to end candidate disqualification
Perth Australia August 30 Proposal set to be submitted in the next Parliament session would remove the disqualification preventing women from standing as candidates for Parliament. The measure aims to expand electoral participation and broaden representation.
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Associated Press
Perth
Australis
Brazil moves to boost home newsprint industry
A bill before Brazil's Chamber of Deputies aims to spur local paper production to ease costly imports. It offers tax and transport relief for the first three factories, each capable of 30 tons daily by September 7, 1922, provided they use native materials.
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Associated Presa
Filo de Janeire
Prag
Chamber of Deputies
Brazil
Rio Grade On A Big Rise At Eagle Pass
Telegram from Eagle Pass reports the Rio Grande at that point rising rapidly this morning. The river stage was 12 1/2 feet and climbing, with forecasts showing the rise continuing toward Laredo later today or tonight.
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Eagle Pass
File Grande
Laredo
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